ALFRED M. GRUENTHER: PAPERS, 1941-83 Retirement Series, 1964-1983 Box No. Contents 1 ALPHABETICAL SUBSERIES, 1964-1983 A-Miscellaneous (1)(2) [Ambrose correspondence re interview about Dwight Eisenhower; American National Red Cross alumni directory; Gen. Abrams re: Rangers looting in Vietnam; The President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke; Army War College Class of 1939] Advisory Committee on Non-Military Instruction [1962 report] Alspaugh Correspondence, 1956-79 (1)-(5) [correspondence re doctoral dissertation on Gen. Gruenther and NATO; paper on advertising; paper on married couples attending college; Gruenther loans her materials from his files; text of speech by Gruenther to AFL-CIO National Conference on Community Services, 5-4-61, compares U.S. to Russia] Alspaugh Thesis (1)(2) [outline and drafts of chapters 1 and 2 of dissertation on Gruenther and NATO; 1950 article on Gruenther, “The Brain of the U.S. Army”] Anderson House Dedication, Oct. 31, 1960 [text of remarks at dedication] B-Miscellaneous (1)(2) [1964-75; bombing of Monte Cassino; American Hospital of Paris; Ellsworth Bunker, correspondence and speech; Alfred Bergman, Nixon supporter, looking for work; Carter Burgess, ambassador to Argentina; Washington-La Fayette Friendship Committee] Biographical Sketches (1) [1968 biography; speaks at convention in Salt Lake City, 9-4-68; clippings] 2 Biographical Sketches (2) [information on events where Gruenther spoke; article by Clarence Randall; biographical data, 1966 & 1963] Birthday Cards, March 3, 1970 Bridge [clippings re Gruenther participating in bridge tournaments; score card; American Contract Bridge League] Bridge Championship, Buenos Aires, May 1965 [British players accused on cheating] Bridge Cheating Stories, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 1965 [article by Charles Goren; report on cheating incident; clippings] Bridge—1979 World Championship [report; Oct. 8-19, 1979, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] Bridge-Eisenhower and Gruenther [1965 and 1968 articles on Eisenhower and Gruenther playing bridge] C-Miscellaneous (1)-(3) [Ronald Reagan to speak in London, 1975; Mark Clark; Sen. Carl Curtis; Alfred Chandler re Eisenhower Papers; lecture by Gruenther at Air University re NATO problems, 11-21-67; rephrasing of 23rd Psalm with unions as God; Mark Clark; as Red Cross President he traveled 742,000 miles and gave 802 talks] Christmas Cards [1970-79] Christmas Cards—White House [four Christmas cards from Pres. and Mrs. Nixon, 1969-72; one signed thank you card re their victory in Nov. 1972; two Christmas cards from Pres. and Mrs. Ford] Churchill Dinner, Dec. 7, 1974 [text of tributes to Churchill by Carl Albert, Sir Christopher Soames, Henry Kissinger, Dr. James Billington; Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker; Sir Fitzroy Maclean] Clinique La Prairie Clippings and Misc. Documents (1)(2) [1965-71; Gruenther gives speech at Army War College graduation, 6-10-68; Gruenther supports light anti- missile defense] 3 Columbia University Oral History Interview [SHAPE Officers’ Assn.; 36- page transcript of interview by Ed Edwin, 3-30-65; interviewed concerning Fred Lazarus, Federated Department Stores, and the Business Council] Cross, Lionel D—Miscellaneous (1)-(3) [Robert Dean re work on Eisenhower statue; Lord Mountbatten; Denmark Week dinner, May 4, 1965; Dr. De Bakey re President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke; Harry Darby, list of contributors to Place of Meditation, Eisenhower Center; letter from Domanska, Polish Red Cross] Dart Industries Inc. [Justin Dart; Gruenther is on Board of Directors of Rexall Drug and Chemical Co.] Drawing of General Gruenther Dwight D. Eisenhower Society, 1973 [list of members; correspondence with Henry Scharf, President; birthday observance] E—Miscellaneous [Maj. Gen. Eaton re Greece; Eagan re People-to-People Sports Committee Award] Eisenhower College (1)-(3) [Gruenther a member of the Board of Trustees, minutes of meetings; financial statements; Pres. Johnson; Barry Leithead; Gruenther to Eisenhower, believes College will be a “big flop”] Eisenhower, David [David Eisenhower’s letters to Gruenther re his survey of the Gruenther Papers at the Eisenhower Library, recommends closing or opening various letters; wedding invitation] Eisenhower, Dwight D., Death and Condolences [letter from Mamie re tribute dinner to Ike; funeral notice; Gruenther an honorary pallbearer] Eisenhower, Dwight D., Miscellaneous Eisenhower, John S. D. [Eisenhower memorial at West Point; story about Gruenther keeping Gen. DeGaulle away from the Combined Chiefs of Staff meeting in Casablanca; Ike’s letters to Mamie during WW II; Ambassador to Belgium] Eisenhower, Milton [Slater diary; “definitive biography” of Eisenhower by Stephen Ambrose; Milton disagrees with view that Dulles “made foreign policy” and Eisenhower “merely approved;” Christian Herter] English-Speaking Union (1)-(4) [luncheon, 7-9-76, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip; speech by British ambassador, 10-26-71; Gruenther is an honorary chairman of the National Board of Directors; correspondence re various meetings; newsletters; 1966-76] 4 F—Miscellaneous (1)(2) [bombing of Monte Cassino in Feb. 1944; Edward Folliard, memo re comments by Truman about Ike and Gruenther listing reasons why Russia did not want a war; Milton Friedman re lottery for draft and all-volunteer force; Frey, draft article on Gruenther and bridge; Congressman Fulton to Eisenhower re “hole-in-one;” Foster to Gruenther re becoming a member of the President’s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament; Tony Akers, U.S. Ambassador to Britain replaced by Gen. Herbert Powell; Gruenther’s son, Dick, seriously wounded in Korea; Bernard Ferguson; fund raising in the U.S. for medical research] Federated Department Stores, Inc. (1)(2) [memorial booklet re Fred Lazarus, Jr., 1884-1973; Gruenther elected to board of Federated Dept. Stores] Forrestal Memorial Award Dinners, 1979 & 1981-82 G—Miscellaneous (1)(2) [Alfred Goldberg, OSD Historian, re oral history interview of Gruenther about NATO; Jimmy Gault; Goodpaster, NATO and defense of Europe; Freeman Gosden re Eisenhower Medical Center; Goodpaster, NATO; Goodpaster remarks at NATO ceremony, 7-1-69] Goodpaster, A.J. Gruenther Blurbs [German festival, Minnesota, 6-13-65, Gruenther gives speech] Gruenther Clippings, 1952-1979 (1)-(3) [articles on Gruenther giving speeches often in support of NATO or the Red Cross; article on Gruenther assuming NATO command; 1954 Der Spiegel article on Gruenther; biographical data on a number of individuals, including George Meany, Franklin Murphy, and David Rockefeller] Gruenther Clippings re Eisenhower, 1965 [excerpts from Waging Peace published in Washington Post] Gruenther Clippings (Nebraska), 1951-1966 (1)(2) [articles follow Gruenther military career] Gruenther, Passports [1966-76] H—Miscellaneous (1)-(3) [Averell Harriman; Victor Herd, letter from Mamie; Metropolitan Club of Washington; Hall of Fame For Great Americans; Gen. Alexander Haig; Ben Hibbs re Gruenther story used in article by Mamie; Bryce Harlow; summary of interview of DDE by Gabriel Hauge, 10-30-68, re comments on problems of cities, Middle East, book by John Gardner, and youth; Hubert Humphrey] I—Miscellaneous [Institute for Defense Analysis; Ismay] Interview re General Eisenhower, Sept. 7, 1967 [transcript of interview no. 2 by Ed Edwin, Columbia University Oral History Program, pages 46 to 97] 5 J-Miscellaneous [LBJ re Special Committee on Veterans Facilities; Marshall Juin] K-Miscellaneous [Henry Kissinger, biographical data; G. B. Kistiakowsky; Koehler, “tongue-in-cheek” letter to Gruenther; Kurtz, War Control Planners, Inc., report on strategic power, letter from Mark Clark re war safety control] L—Miscellaneous (1)(2) [Sigurd Larmon, poem about Ellis “Slats” Slater; Ralph Lazarus; comments by Maxwell Taylor re West Point; Barry Leithead; Lemaire re Franco-American Club; article re Ike’s “secret diary;” Gruenther talks to World Affairs Council, Los Angeles, April 23, 1964] Lemnitzer, L. L. [Lemnitzer critical of article by Senator Fulbright in the New Yorker, 1-8-72, Fulbright traces America’s problems in Vietnam and Cuba and elsewhere to following an outmoded “Truman Doctrine;” Lemnitzer letters re SHAPE organization and operations, 1964-69, SHAPEX, visit by President Nixon to Brussels; visit by Secretary Clifford, exercise in Greece, headquarters facilities, French decision to withdraw from NATO military activities and lack of political guidance] London Papers, Feb. 1970 (1)-(3) [correspondence, 1964-1970; Pilgrims dinner in London; Lionel Cross; Gen. Goodpaster re film Gen. Walker had made for TV re NATO which contained classified information; Christmas card from Montgomery; Stuart Chant-Sepill; J. Gault and Culzean Castle; letter from Ike to Sir Kenneth W. D. Strong re his book on WW II, and news columnists, Walter Lippman, Hansen Baldwin, and the Alsops; letter from Montgomery, visit to desert in North Africa, comments on war in Vietnam; Republican Convention and Barry Goldwater] Los Angeles Chief of Police Interview Panel [1969; Gruenther a member of the panel] Lutz, Eugene [1977 correspondence; Nebraska history; brief biography of Gruenther, who was a Mason] M—Miscellaneous (1)-(4) [Luncheon, Pan American Board of Directors, 2-20-65; S.L.A. Marshall; Louis Marx; Red Cross and Hurricane Carla, 1961; Douglas MacArthur II; John J. McCloy, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.; Edmund de Rothschild, book on bridge; BBC TV Series “The Commanders,” partly on Eisenhower; Danish American Society; Merle Miller;